FINANCE EXPERT SHARES VIEWS ON WHY SPORTING STARS OFTEN LOSE THEIR FORTUNES

Mamucium Capital offer their expertise and experience to solve the dilemma of how some high-profile individuals lose their wealth

Amongst the many high profile cases of sportspeople losing control of their finances, the recent tale of tennis star Boris Becker, who reports having lost his £100m fortune, is one of the most astonishing.

“Unfortunately I wasn’t at all surprised by this story,” says Manny Cabrejas of Manchester-based wealth management agency Mamucium Capital. “I’ve seen this happen many times over. 78% of former NFL players go bankrupt or experience financial stress within two years of retirement. Widen that gap to five years, and 60% of NBA players are broke.”

Cabrejas is an expert in the field of financial planning and wealth management, having worked for several years as a private banker in Europe and the Middle East. During this time his high-profile clientele included Royalty and other high-net-worth individuals, and he maintained full responsibility and management of a $½ billion investment mandate.

Cabrejas explains that this phenomenon of sportspeople losing their fortunes has less to do with their profession, and more to do with the way they and other high-net-worth individuals are coerced into investing their money, as they are perceived as being able to take on higher risks with a proportion of their investment portfolio due to their HNW classification.

“I think it has more to do with life stage, investment experience and, most importantly of all, the advisors they decide to work with. I have seen examples where advisors have not explained the high-risk profile of these investments clearly as they were getting paid big commissions,” continues Cabrejas.

Having become disillusioned with such high-profile, high-risk and high cost practices during his time overseas, the financier returned to the UK to set up Mamucium Capital, which takes a more holistic approach to financial planning and wealth management, placing the client at the very heart of all activities.

Manny Cabrejas was recently interviewed about how sporting stars lose their money, and it makes for enlightening reading for anyone who has ever wondered how this could happen.

Read the full article at Advice Reinvented or find out more about Mamucium Capital at www.mamuciumcapital.co.uk